Chapter 40: The Lightning Kid Fails to Save Schalke 04

Lu Teng only remembered at this time that it might not be a good idea to bring Zhang Yuan, who had lost a single knife, to attend the press conference, and he explained to Zhang Yuan after he came out. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Well, Zhang Yuan, I didn't know that reporters would actually challenge you, I think you performed very well in this game! Don't take the words of the outside media to heart! ”

"Thank you, Mr. Luten! It's okay, I won't take it to heart! I just hope to help the team! Zhang Yuan smiled, and Lu Teng's explanation made him feel a lot more comfortable.

The next day, the German media was not full of praise for Schalke 04's game, in their opinion, Schalke 04, this team is the second place in the Bundesliga, and when it came to Inter Milan's home stadium, it was suppressed helplessly, and the goals were all fluke, and there were too few opportunities to threaten the door of Inter Milan.

It is completely different from last season's game against Barcelona, so the media rated the players relatively low, and as a key player in Schalke 04 this season, he is naturally the focus after the game.

The homepage of the "Kicker" website is a composite of two pictures of Zhang Yuan's game, half of which is Zhang Yuan jumping high under the bag of Cambiasso and Córdoba, and the other is a missed single knife lying on the grass, his face buried deep in the grass.

"The Lightning Kid Didn't Save Schalke 04!" This is the eye-catching title, this article believes that Schalke 04 has put the burden on Zhang Yuan, who is only 18 years old, from the beginning of this season, and he is in a hurry, and this game is proof that Zhang Yuan missed a single knife at a critical moment.

The rating of "Kicker" is relatively fair, giving Zhang Yuan 3 points, which is the highest on the team.

"Bild" was much more harsh, giving Zhang Yuan only 3.5 points, and of course the other players were even more unbearable, but overall Zhang Yuan was the best performer in the team among the two media.

Most of the other media follow and learn from the ratings of these two media, and the ratings are not high.

Another key figure is Lütten, who was criticized by the German media, compared to the previous coach Slomka, Lüten's record is really a bit unreasonable, drawing at home against Anososis, the weakest team in the group, and being suppressed by Inter Milan away from home.

This is the main problem of the media attacking him, everyone thinks that he has a problem with the tactical arrangement, the midfield is stacked with three defensive midfielders, but the team's defense is not much better, on the contrary, the attack is very weak, the team is struggling to play everyone, Kuranyi is used in the center of the striker.

It's not that Lu Teng hasn't seen what the media is like, and he scoffs at what the media says, what do you know?

Schalke 04 only have half a day's rest back in Germany, as they will be at home to Wolfsburg on the afternoon of October 5, and they must be ready for this game.

Zhang Yuan is not the kind of ostrich who buries his head in the sand, he likes to watch the news, and he expects the reaction of the outside world, but it is not without media that say good things about him, such as the Ruhr News.

The newspaper is based in Dortmund, but it is oriented to the entire Ruhr area and the whole country, and sports are not their focus, current affairs are the focus, but this time they defended Zhang Yuan, arguing that the slow motion showed that Zhang Yuan obviously jumped up at the moment before touching the ball, which was the main reason for the mistake.

It's different in China, many websites and newspapers applaud Zhang Yuan's performance, Schalke 04 lost, but it can't cover up Zhang Yuan's excellent performance at all.

The fans also shouted for Zhang Yuan, and Hoffman also made a special call to Zhang Yuan to comfort Zhang Yuan, in fact, you performed very well, for fear that Zhang Yuan would affect your mood.

In fact, Zhang Yuan did not lose an important game like before, and he was depressed for several days, this time Mihajlovic talked to him, it was effective, at least he would not take the victory or defeat too seriously, and carry a heavy burden on his back before the next game.

On the afternoon of October 4th, Mihajlovic really came to the appointment, Zhang Yuan watched the last game in Meazza live, he can only express sympathy, every player may encounter the court when the cheating father, Zhang Yuan is very unfortunate to meet in this important game.

In the evening, Zhang Yuan invited Mihajlovic to eat German food in Gelsenkirchen, Mai Xuewen and Digan accompanied, Mihajlovic had never played in Germany before, and he did not have a deep study of German football, so Zhang Yuan introduced a little bit of the characteristics of German football to Mihajlovic during the banquet, of course, his summary was not too in-depth, and he only played for half a season.

When it was time to separate, Zhang Yuan called Hoffman and asked Hoffman to send Mihajlovic back to the hotel, and also specially asked Hoffman to pick up Mihajlovic to go to Schalke Stadium during the football game tomorrow.

On the afternoon of October 5th, the Schalke Stadium was still crowded, and the unfavorable start of the Champions Cup did not affect the fans' support for the team.

Facts have also proved that fans still like Zhang Yuan very much, and he is definitely the most famous star poster on the spot, even the native Neuer can't compare with him.

"I really didn't expect that it would be long before your popularity surpassed mine!" During the pre-match warm-up, Neuer shouted to Zhang Yuan.

"Haha, Manuel, you're jealous!" Rakitic fanned the flames.

"I don't dare to compare with you, you are the boss, I will always go with you!" Zhang Yuan grinned.

All three seemed unaffected by the midweek game and were in a good mood.

In this game, Ruten made a rotation, and in midfield, Ngral returned, but Ruten did not arrange him to start, but put Rakitic in central midfield, and in the back of the line, Deegan once again ushered in the start, he partnered Westerman in central defence, and Bolton and Hevedes rested.

Neither Kulanyi nor Farfan played in the front, Altentop Jr. and Asamoah replaced them, and Zhang Yuan was pushed to the front by Luten as the team's center forward.

The center position is a bit unfamiliar to Zhang Yuan now, he can play several positions in the front court, Akori let Zhang Yuan play on the left side from the beginning, Zhang Yuan himself is a right-footed player, and he plays on the left side with the back foot, but he really plays well in this position, and the technical skills of the left foot have also increased a lot.

He used to play only occasionally in the center forward position, and when he really played as a center forward, he used to be when he was still in school.

Zhang Yuan is very happy in this position, the center forward position means that he has more options and a wider range of activities, because he is not a post center, and the accurate definition is that Ibrahimovic is almost an all-round center forward.

The main purpose of Lu Teng's use of Zhang Yuan to play center forward is to give Kulanyi a rest, Kulanyi has not been in good form since the beginning of this season, and the games have been intensive recently, so Lu Teng simply let him rest.

In contrast, Lu Teng feels that Zhang Yuan is more suitable to play center, and the idea is just like Zhang Yuan's positioning of himself, with a large range of activities, and can also pull the edges and break through, and the team's tactics will be different, mainly playing ground passes.

Wolfsburg have made a big move this season, spending the most on reinforcements of any Bundesliga team, and Magath focused on defense in his sophomore year at Wolfsburg, spending more than 20 million euros to bring in Italian players Barzagli and Zaccardo. Both players are defenders, and as we all know, Italy is rich in goalkeepers and defenders, and their defensive philosophy is to the core.

Magath's purpose in bringing in these two players is clear: to strengthen the team's defence and try to move up the rankings, at least in the Champions League.

Both defenders started the game, Barzagli and Ricardo. Costa was partnered at centre-back, while Zaccardo played at right-back.

Magath sent the 451 formation, the striker only Dzeko is in front, Grafeth is absent because of the red card, this is the main reason for Magath to discharge such a formation, in addition, in view of the fact that Ruten likes to hoard three defensive midfielders in the midfield, strong interception ability, Magath midfield arrangement of 5 people is not without limiting the meaning of Schalke 04's midfield.

At the beginning, Luten arranged three defensive midfielders, and spent more time in the selection of full-backs to choose defenders with strong assist ability, such as Raphinha and Pandel, in the hope that the fullbacks could play a great role, but his tactical ideas have not yet played a famous role anyway, and the midfielders have done too poorly in the part of stringing. (To be continued.) )